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IDs, Coats, A Microwave: The Few Items Stored During NYC Homeless Encampment Sweeps

June 15th, 2025|

Gothamist

"In October, six homeless New Yorkers and the Urban Justice Center’s Safety Net Project sued the Adams administration in federal court, alleging the sweeps violated people’s due process and protections against unreasonable searches and seizures."

Food for Thought: Hispanic Roots and the Next Generation’s Impact

June 14th, 2025|

PBS

"The Street Vendor Project advocates so heavily to make sure...[you] can continue to work without looking over your shoulder constantly to see if NYPD or Department of Sanitation or the Parks Department is gonna come and give you $1,000 ticket and ruin your livelihood."

DOGE’s Expanded Social Security Access Raises Fresh Privacy Fears: ‘The Stakes Are Very High’

June 10th, 2025|

Morningstar

“Ann Biddle, a litigation supervisor at [Mental Health Project of] the Urban Justice Center, who specializes in Social Security disability law, said while Americans may be used to hearing that their credit-card data and name may have been hacked in a data breach, that's quite different from sensitive medical information being revealed broadly."

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